Food

I don't normally like red velvet cake precisely because of the colour, but that one looks great.

Those buns look excellent as well - I like the big sugar lumps (I'm sure they have a name and that I knew it at some point).

Could I see the recipe for the latter?

My wife has a family 'chocolate' biscuit recipe that is only memorable in ounces:

8oz plain flour
8oz butter (plus half a tsp of salt if unsalted)
4oz granulated sugar
2oz cocoa powder.

I still manage to cock it up often - most recently by only putting in 4oz of butter, which made them really dense and crumbly.

They work great with some orange zest in as well, and would presumably be improved with some actual chocolate.

Sugar pearls

http://breadandcompanatico.com/2016/03/10/surdegs-kanelbullar-sourdough-cinnamon-buns-made-easy/

Flapjacks is another family one we have, which I remember as 2,4,6 (total fat),8

2 tbsp golden syrup
4oz light brown sugar
3oz trex
3oz margerine
8oz porridge oats
scrumpled handful of cornflakes

They are doing a DIY kit version these days - but yours looks ever bit as good and much more satisfying I’m sure

Was it mentioned in the thread about The Sage Fast slow pro?
I'm thinking this might be a good investment as I'm about to become a parent. I figure I probably wont have time/enthusiasm for cooking risotto once baby is here.
Can anyone recommend this or something similar?

The Instant Pot is the popular option. I bought one a while ago when they were reduced on Amazon but haven't actually set it up yet. Lots of people seem to really love them though.

The place I'm hopefully moving to has a ceramic hob. How are these compared to induction hobs? Not being able to instantly control the temperature strikes me as annoying but is it something you get used to?

I made this at the weekend (albeit at 1am after quite a session) - the homemade pasta was better than ever and, whilst I'm not sure anyone was likely to be taken seriously by a judge, the reception was rapturous and one mate kept sneaking off to scrape more from the pot. Cheers for the various recommendations in this thread.

ceramic hobs are shit

slow to respond and this doesn't get any better with time or experience

added to this the touch control on the one we had when we moved in didn't always respond making it even slower to make adjustments

Instant pot... the basic one is way cheaper than the Sage. But that air fryer top of the range thing looks interesting.

I’ve kept kitchen gadgets to a minimum previously, this is a whole new world of cooking that feels quite gimmicky.

Parenthood sure seems to involve buying a lot of stuff....

Good work!

So we bought the same Cuisinart ice cream machine as you and we’re two batches down in four days. How do you stop eating this stuff?

Carbon steel goodness.

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Making char siu tomorrow and then putting it into some bao. Pray for me

If you work it out, let me know!

I love these pans.

The cost of real vanilla is frightening now though ~£6 for two pods in most supermarkets so that might slow me down a bit... although the price is understandable when I discovered it comes from an orchid that flowers for one day a year and has to be precariously hand pollinated then takes another year to grow.

I’ve got a roasted pistachio with pistachio brittle on the go with a rubarb sorbet planned for Sunday.

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If you ever come across some nice oranges, juice them and make sorbet. You don't even need sugar if they are sweet ones. Incredible.

Melon also works well for sorbet with some lime to balance the sweetness.

I had one of these today, pineapple and raspberry. My wife had a roasted banana one. Incredible flavour. It’s been a while since food blew me away like that.

Bristol heads: they sell them in St Andrew’s park in the little trailer kiosk along with decent coffee and banging brownies. To think of all the times I wasted in that park, wrecked, with no appetite. Life regrets

http://www.paletasuk.com

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it comes from an orchid that flowers for one day a year and has to be precariously hand pollinated then takes another year to grow.

They cut costs by making kids pick it though, so, you know, silver linings and all.

Woof lovely pans

Mother has come down to visit the new house and brought fresh dressed Cromer crabs and lobster - had these with freshly baked sourdough, a light slaw and avocado and tomato salad. Served a warm garlic butter over the lobster. £5 a large dressed crab and £16 for the lobster. Washed down with a bottle of Pet Nat Rose and a bottle of cava. Simple supper of dreams.

I want to go to Mersea Island and eat all the seafood and drink all the wine